and jeopardizing development in energy projects that create american jobs. ask congress to stop a dividend tax hike -- for all of us. >> greg: this phone is already ringing. hello, everyone. i'm the jocular jedi, greg gutfeld. more mighty than aphrodite, andrea tantaros. more tales than school of whales. bob beckel. he knows the euro zone, it's eric bolling. america's shrinky-dink. it's dana perino. it's 5:00 in new york city. this is 10% of 50. the show is packed tighter than baghdad bazaar, so let's do this america. you remember this guy lex, the guy with the mustache, who earned his nobel prize? the former polish president

endorsed mitt for president. that has to hurt obama. what can you say when a man who helped defeat communism endorses your opponent? what can you say when a man who brought economic profession perty to people -- prosperity to people. if you're a palestinian authority you call him a racist. if you're ahmadinejad you agree with nancy pelosi that mitt meeting the jews was all about the cash. lex thinks mitt is it. palestinian authority and ahmadinejad don't. if you are a liberal, this split should make you question which side you should be on. when someone like lek endorses you for president that's like jeff gordon saying you are a great driver or eric bolling complimenting your tan. like dana perino calling you perky. if the eastern european father of free market believes in mitt that is big. you have to wonder which world leader will endorse obama now. oh, yeah, the p pico pineapple,

hugo chavez. he thinks obama is a good guy. maybe he could speak at the convention. bob -- >> dana: can i interrupt? are you on a first bas name bass with world leaders and not nascar drivers? what is the problem. >> greg: i can't pronounce his last name. it's walesnka and it could be rulalenska. i don't know how to say his name. they use a letter not in our alphabet. >> bob: have you ever been to polish neighborhood in america? same problem. >> greg: is it? haven't been in polish neighborhood. but i love sausage. some say i love it too much. cokie roberts talking about the trip to poland was all courting the white polish voters. do you buy that? >> bob: sure. what is the great mystery

here. you make plans going places. why did he go to poland? because walesa was going to endorse him. that is a good thing. because there are large enclave of polish ethnic voters in the northeast, particularly, that have been broken off from the democratic party. nice way to send a message. i don't think anything is wrong with that. obama went to germany because he gave a big speech. >> dana: i think there is a different strategy. if you have a chance i encourage everybody to read the whole speech. it's really good. one, there is a theme here. one, obviously the olympics. that makes sense since he was involved in the olympics here. recent speech talks about the kinship between america and england. america and israel. america and poland. poland was one of the first countries to help america in the fight in afghanistan and iraq. one of the first people to call president bush, polish leader. they have been solid across the board. i think there was more of a

theme about freedom and democracy than there was about polish voters which probably going to vote for him anyway. >> eric: i think he's planning on winning. if mitt romney wins, what a great thing to have on your resume, that i shook hands with the israelis, i shook hands with the pols and brits. something obama never did. he went there and apologized for america. >> bob: he did not. what are you talking about? >> eric: we apologize for american exceptionalism -- >> bob: that is flat wrong. >> eric: defended you in the past. >> bob: where did you dream that up? in the polish neighborhood? >> eric: listen to the speech. i made it up off the top of my head. >> bob: i think you did. >> greg: if lek likes mitt and hugo likes obama that is telling. that should tell america what side are you on? >> andrea: it's very telling. lek ran the solidarity movement. >> bob: that's overly

simplistic. >> andrea: it is a telling endorsement. eric is on to something. mitt romney looks extremely presidential. walking around, shaking hands with allies. not just for the political purposes, bob. but obama has been on unsure footing with with the poles because of the death catch gaffe recently, the missile defense, open mic moment with the russians. so now, going back to cokie roberts' point she was trying to insinuate that his move was racist. going after the began democrats. it must be racist if they are breaking for mitt romney and not obama, which is racist of her. to somehow try to look through everything in the prism of race. mitt romney was going over there to show we are friends. more of a friendship tour than an apology tour which is opposite of obama. >> greg: i don't think she talked about the african-americans for obama program for getting out the vote. >> bob: obama did not make mistakes when he was over

there. he got out of poland without a mistake. that may say something. >> greg: let me bring up the quote. you talk about the gaffes. >> bob: the many gaffes. >> greg: carl cameron asked mitt romney about the media treatment, coverage on the gaffe. mitt responded thusly. >> and i realize that there will be some. in the fourth estate or whicheverrest tate who are more -- whichever estate to find something more interesting than economy, geopolitics, threat of war, reality of conflict in afghanistan today. nuclearization of iran. they will try to find anything else to divert from the fact that the last four years have been tough years for our country. >> eric: let me make a quick point. the gaffe, if there is a gaffe is doing this now. we talk about it, the whole you didn't build that thing?

the wave mitt romney was getting from that. then he went to europe and took the focus off the economy again. everyone is worried about what he said about the olympics or what he said about the culture in palestine. in my opinion, i would have stayed on it. say you didn't build that, talk about the economy. we have big numbers coming out on friday. unemployment numbers. >> bob: do you think he looked president traditional? >> eric: regardless -- >> bob: he is talking about the estates. i don't know about his own eestates. >> eric: we have 57 states. >> bob: do we have 57? he looked as presidential as a cub scout leader. c'mon. >> greg: he is not whining. he's asked a question about the media treatment. the democrats call it a gaffe but it's the truth. >> dana: if you didn't have the photograph of it, you were just reading his quote and reading a quote when president obama is asked about the media treatment, i would bet you couldn't tell the difference between the two. they actually say the same

thing. obama called out fox news. talk about whining. >> bob: excuse me. the reason the media has done this, he made gaffes. they didn't make them up. >> dana: what is the gaffe? >> bob: he went to london and compared his work in salt lake city, town of 500,000 to a town of 7 million and said the security wasn't adequate. he knows -- >> greg: the english media said it wasn't adequate. >> bob: that is not the point. if you want to be a world leader you want to diss everybody. >> greg: if there are american athletes there, you're damn right. >> andrea: in political campaigns it's not wise to make your message criticizing -- >> dana: all he needed is the picture. president obama and mitt romney are doing too many interviews. they could do without those. especially now. in the dead heat of summer. everybody is watching the olympics. they will get back to the economy. you are right. he could haven't moved the olympics. the timing wasn't ideal.

>> andrea: he is thinking they are not going to drop this. we get to this later, but they'll have elizabeth warren and others speak at the convention. they're not backing off we didn't build the comments. but he was gaining momentum and had obama on the ropes and left. democrats aren't going to stop using the talking point. >> bob: eric made a point about fundraising about obama. but the good thing from mitt's tour is $1 panth million or $2 million in london. in israel got another $1 million. did good with fundraising. >> the upside of staying on the economy and staying on the you didn't build that, maybe, you may want to get back to $1.5 million and get back to that. i'd sake the $1.5 million and go right back at it. you didn't build that. >> bob: you didn't build that road. >> greg: talk about this brief. romney talking about culture again. cameron brought it up talking about palestinian and israel. palestinian accused him of racism. the palestinian authority. here is the quote. >> i'm not speaking about it. did not speak about the

palestinian culture. or the decisions made in their economy. that is an interesting topic that can perhaps deserve scholarly analysis. it didn't address that. i don't intend to address that in the campaign. instead, i will point out that the choice that society makes have a profound impact on the economy and the vitality of that society. >> bob: that is a profound lie. he sat in that israeli fundraiser and he said in israel, your income is medium income is set and across the way here, in gaza, it's something else. of course, he doesn't make out the point that gaza is surrounded and cannot by israeli -- >> greg: surrounded. it's divided. who divided it? >> bob: in west bank where they have been under the palestinian authority, they have done very well with the economy. >> greg: after arafat died, maybe. by the way, arafat didn't decide to build the palestinian state or whatever you want to call it. he wanted to destroy israel. he took all of that money.

all of that aid. what did he do with it? >> andrea: i'm disappointed with mitt romney for backing off the comments. he hit the nail on the head. >> bob: culturally up to it? >> andrea: that is not what he said. >> eric: he said the culture in israel provides for business success. >> andrea: let me finish. he has a point here. israelis have and as dana old colleague points out when he was quoted in freakonomics they have the highest density of tech startup in israel. they're entrepreneurial. they take risks and hard workers. it's the reason that the culture flourish. palestinians on the other hand teach hate, they teach the kids to hate. maybe if they didn't teach the kids to hate he would have had more economic prosperity. >> greg: the palestinians took them down the wrong path. >> bob: the palestinians have been successful in this country in business. >> greg: where? >> bob: in the united states of america. >> greg: much better than where they're from.

>> bob: that has nothing to do with their culture. >> eric: so has the israelis. >> bob: the culture -- >> greg: talking about the culture under arafat in -- >> bob: that is not what he said. >> greg: going after israel and not building up the own cities. >> bob: do a romney apologist tour. >> andrea: he should not have backed off. >> greg: before president obama told us we didn't build that, she did. >> there is nobody in this country who got rich on his own. nobody. well-known native american elizabeth warren landed a big spot at the dnc convention. what does it say about the convention? what does it say about america? what does it say about geese? probably nothing. there is nothing at all in the story about geese. sorry i brought it up. ♪ ♪

♪ ♪ >> dana: welcome back to "the five." i don't know what the movi music was. >> greg: i cried. >> dana: we talked about the democratic national convention is coming up and we talked about how bill clinton would get a prime time speaking slot? right before that, elizabeth warren is going to be the speaker. who is elizabeth warren? she is currently running for senate? massachusetts against scott brown. but she was also tapped to head up the banking reform rules by president obama and came under a lot of criticism. though she is popular in some

circles. i do think, bob, in some ways this shows that the democrats are not as worried about the center as we might have said the other day, because she sends a very strong pro-left economic signal. >> bob: well, you can argue that. but i think that what the democrats are not backing off of is this make believe comment about you didn'te didn'd that. taking heat and it's hurting us, which is why that obama is responding it to. elizabeth warren said if you got rich you didn't get there on your own is exactly right. >> greg: that is what obama ripped off. >> dana: her quote considered the intellectual father of obama speech that became -- let's take a listen to it now. >> there is nobody in this country who got rich on his own. nobody. you build a factory out there, good for you. but i want to be clear. you moved your goods to market on the roads the rest of us paid for. you hired workers that rest of

us paid to educate. you were safe in your factory, because of police forces and fire forces that the rest of us paid for. you didn't have to worry that they would come an seize everything at your factory an hire someone to protect against this because of the work the rest of u you built a factory and it turned in to something terrific or a great idea, god bless. keep a big hunk of it. >> dana: how do you think it goes over around america? >> eric: honestly, first of all, you built your business on roads that we built, but you built your roads with money we gave you and we paid you with so stop with that garbage. bob, what a mistake putting this one up at the dnc because it's going to remind everybody about you didn't build that. this is the biggest gift for romney i heard of. >> bob: you have been saying that from the beginning.

this is the biggest sham ever perpetrated. by the time it gets to the convention it will be undermined. >> eric: you just said it was hurting us. >> bob: in the beginning, that's right. so we won't lay down and let it go rolled oaf because republicans started to lie. >> andrea: i'm so happy to have a headline. >> bob: that is much more in the field of the middle class. >> eric: that is an appeal? >> bob: sure. >> eric: you don't deserve your success. blame it on the roads. >> bob: she didn't say that. there you go again. >> dana: let me ask andrea something. >> eric: that's what she said. the roads and the teachers. some teacher along the way on the road. >> dana: andrea, if you could react to this. in some way the problem they have on the left is it seems like they are highlighting the support network and not highlighting individual risk-taking and harwork. maybe that season what they meant. but it is what they said. >> andrea: that's why this announcement that she will give a speech made my day.

i hope she gives the same speech she gave in the living room in her yoga clothes. but she could also help garner the american indian vote. we know she is 197th -- >> dana: that is what is bizarre about that. >> andrea: american indian. >> dana: when you first got to know elizabeth warren it was because of something else last may. >> greg: because she is a liar. this woman claims she had native american heritage, if we went by her standards so would all of us. i hope she does draw from the heritage when she is up there. it will take one second. she has none. the bigger problem is they re scruted a dishonest person. >> andrea: can i point out scott brown used that sound bite in an ad. >> dana: we have it. want to take a look at it and i'll let you react to it. >> understands that jobs must come from growth in a vibrant and vital system of free enterprise. >> faith in america.

through our system of democracy and free enterprise, the united states has achieved remarkable, unbelievable progress. >> if you have been successful, you didn't get there on your own. >> i promise you this. i i'll never demonize you as the business owners for the work you do or the opportunities you create. >> dana: shazam. >> andrea: to have clinton and carter singing off the same song sheet. to your point they are doing something different by highlighting the network as you point out. not the worker. that is different than the democrats that came before them which is why i think this is so damning. >> bob: how in the world do you reach that conclusion? >> dana: did you read it? did you read what obama said? >> bob: i did. it's not what the republicans said. once again we put something on the air that is a flat-out lie. >> eric: it's an ad. >> dana: how is it lying? >> bob: it's not what he said in context. >> dana: yes, it is. it's worse than -- >> bob: before that he said

roads and bridges -- you are going to -- wait, you think they test these things? >> andrea: that was my question. >> bob: you think they're so dumb they don't test these things? >> andrea: i was going to ask you that. in a state like massachusetts that is so liberal, don't you think scott brown to run an ad like that must have polling to show you didn't build it comment is really toxic even in massachusetts? >> bob: i happen to know for a fact they have run this sham that eric talks about over and over in focus groups and that message that she gave. bill clinton will give the same message. when you say you didn't build it on your own -- >> dana: bill clinton is going to say something as president that he didn't as president? >> bob: nothing he said as president. you can celebrate the vitality of the american worker. you have don't have to be laudatory about the guy that built the factory because he didn't do it by himself. he didn't. flat out didn't. >> eric: good news. 98 more days of you didn't do that. >> bob: that's right. we have to live through all of that. i'll tell you this.

i will give up all the 1%ers to take the other 99%. >> dana: i can mention one last thing before we go? i think it's great. julian castro, the mayor of san antonio, going to give the primetime speech in 2012 for the dnc. there is a picture of him there. that is the same slot if you remember that president obama had when he was senator in 2004, which really launched him in to the national leadership. >> eric: that was a good speech. >> dana: absolutely. coming up, rush limbaugh thinks attacks on chick-fil-a are meant to be an assault on christianity. you'll hear from rush when we come back. ♪ ♪

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>> eric: by now you probably heard of the dustup about chick-fil-a. there is a chick-fil-a participation day tomorrow. liberal mayors like rahm emanuel calling for banned boycotts and busting dreams. but some say it's not about gay rights. it's about the first amendment and about free speech. and freedom of religion, not freedom from religion. here is rush's take. >> let me talk about the business with chick-fil-a and

chicago. and boston. we have two mayors who are essentially stallennist. this is a direct assault. that is a direct assault on christianity. it's a direct assault on christians. with economic punishment thrown in, including threats from government officials that are in clear violation of the constitution. >> eric: that is important. "clear violation of the constitution" matters. hold on, bob. >> andrea: it does. you have to be consistent. either you're for freedom of speech or you're not. if you don't like chick-fil-aor view of the ceo or the hats or the sandwiches, don't go there. but a government official trying to control the speech of us businesses is totally different than a ceo of a private business voicing concerns.

liberal groups do it all the time. ben and jerry get involved in political causes. but conservatives usually say it's a first amendment right. we won't boycott and protest. >> dana: who doesn't love chunky monkey. >> greg: i don't. >> dana: i don't either but the only one i could think of. what rush said, you can listen to that and say i agree with that. but i do think that mayors believe they were trying to be inclusive. it was just read differently by different people. how i read the "new york times" editorial today they were agreeing that the boycott against chick-fil-a was going a step too far, it was a breach of the first amendment rights. >> eric: i'll get to you in a second but bob, you can't say you're against first amendment or freedom of speech or freedom of religion, but you're a christian. >> bob: i'm a stallinnist according to limbaugh. >> eric: agree not wanting a chick-fil-a in chicago? >> bob: i couldn't give a damn where you put

chick-fil-a. >> eric: exactly. >> bob: i don't care. the good news for us is when you have something like this, essentially a values debate. republicans get on the values territory, the sarah palin of the world come out and it moves everything to the right. that's what has happened here. you may have gotten away before. if you let it alone maybe it would have had bite. but now you have everybody who reminds people that republican and the values agenda is way off. >> eric: why we continue this discussion, i asked twitter and facebook to send me pictures of you guys in chick-fil-a. sent me a bunch of them. producers picked a few. we'll roll those why we go. it's not a gay rights debate. the little guy. is he a bigot that little guy? just standing by a chick-fil-a. these are people who enjoy chick-fil-a. it has nothing to do with the gay rights. >> dana: the whole thing is eat more chicken. >> greg: stupid, stupid

story. shouldn't have done the story. that's how i feel. the thing is, the mayor acted like idiots. i believe they acted like idiots. i don't know anybody who disagrees with the fact they acted like idiots. there are liberals who said it was dumb of them to say that. i'm against boycott. if you like the chicken, eat the chicken. if you don't like the chicken, don't eat the chicken. if you like it, you eat it. leave me alone. i don't care. this is stupid. this makes you look dumb. mayors are juvenile. when activists get involved it's juvenile. if you respond like a juvenile, everybody looks bad. >> bob: but the good news is dan quayle will probably get in the middle of this debate, too. >> dana: why go to dan quayle? >> bob: he started the original values things. >> greg: values are good, bob. >> bob: wonderful. >> greg: they are. >> bob: but values and republicans together it doesn't, not good politics.

>> eric: what is more outrageous the chicago mayor or in boston say nothing chick-fil-a because of what the ceo said or mayor in new york who wants to regulate everything you eat, drink, smoke and whatever else? >> bob: according to limbaugh i'm a stalinnist so do whatever you want. >> andrea: the mayor is focused on breastfeeding and that should offend women. really, tomorrow is the h.h.s. mandate that kicks in that is forcing people to do things outside of their religion. this debate -- >> dana: a broader debate. >> andrea: a much broader debate. i think it's being capitalized on a little bit. the ceo made the comments and let it go. now they are jumping on to capitalize everybody else. as a christian i don't want christians to look bigoted and hateful. that is what the left is trying to do. >> eric: common denominator, rahm emanuel, menino, bloomberg. >> andrea: italian? >> bob: all white guys.

can i make a point about this h.h.s. thing coming tomorrow? i remember sitting around this table and you said there are 70 million catholics out there that will march and be upset. have you heard word one about this thing? >> dana: i have. in catholic circles, i think if you don't just read this paper, here, practicing catholic, you get the catholic today or whatever it's called and it is in there. it is having an impact on their feelings. i don't think there is undecided people out there. >> greg: we describe to short catholic daily. >> dana: i'm not catholic. i'm well-rounded. >> greg: i was an altar boy. >> eric: coming up, michael phelps had a shot to be the most decorated olympian of all time. did he do it? stick around. ♪ ♪

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i'm bret baier in stockton, california. the big story today is pushback from the mitt romney campaign on media coverage of his trip to you were. tonight on "special report," mitt romney says the media is hammering him over supposed gaffes to cover for president obama and divert attention from the economy. aide to the governor was more direct with a reporter. we'll let you hear most of that exchange. consumer spending is down for

the first time in a year. the july jobs number come out friday. report blame five atf officials for much of the trouble with operation "fast and furious," the government failed gun tracking program. we will explain what went wrong in stockton and how the city went from boom to bust in a few short year. the biggest u.s. city to declare bankruptcy. "special report" from stockton, california, starts at 6:00 eastern. now back to new york and my colleagues with "the five." ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> andrea: welcome back to "the five." will kids be better off today than their parents? that's the study of a new survey and rasmussen poll shows 14% of americans believe they will. that is the lowest level of

optimism ever measured by rasmussen. i look at the poll and i thought really? kids today seem like they have it pretty good. they have every techno log call device under the sun. they seem spoiled. so are parents being worried about their kids? >> greg: i say they do have it worse than kids in '90s but i'm talking about like '98. every person born has a longest life span than the person born before because technology improved, the healthcare improved. everything is improved. you have an easier life. is it not our fault if you waste it on video game and porn. that's your choice. a lot of times they make it worse by their own doing and live their life publicly. when you live your life publicly, you punish yourself publicly. social network and twitter. >> dana: they don't know any other way, though. >> greg: that is the scary part.

>> dana: they had things we didn't. >> andrea: building on that, what about women? they're graduating at a disproportionately higher rate from college and earning more. do they have it worse than their mothers did? >> dana: it depends what you want out of life. if you want in a committed relationship and it's hard to find someone you want to marry and settle down with, you might think gosh, my life isn't fulfilled. i have the work life balance is out of whack. unemployment in particular for the folks is troubling. when they were kids they had a luxury vacation anymore. they don't know how to provide it to their kids. if you don't have a job between now an when you're 25, who is going to hire you in three or four years? >> andrea: the unemployment numbers look at the current unemployment picture for youth compared to their parents. if you look at young people born in 1988, it's significantly higher than those born in 1964.

i argued once maybe the economic downturn is the best thing to happen to them so they weren't so everybody gets a trophy. they had to go back home and work at quiznos or blockbuster and learn the value of the dollar. >> bob: the problem with that is the early earnings in a career come right after you get out of college when the opportunities. a lot of baby boomers had and these kids do not have. they aren't going to be able to catch up with the income gap. that is the bad news. the rest of it, technology, what are you going to do about it? is it what it is. but more importantly keep in mind that the greatest generation will bequeath to their children $7 trillion. $7 trillion. >> if they're not taxed out of -- >> andrea: hold on. who has it worse? eric bolling senior or eric bolling -- >> eric: what is important about the study not whether the kids have it better or

worse thanhe parents. parents are polled are your kids better off than you are? it's a statement about how they feel about themselves right now. people are struggling right now. they feel terrible and the economy is bad. they will be better off. >> bob: we are not trying to -- the perception is. there hasn't been a good economy since ronald reagan. >> andrea: that is such crap. >> bob: i'm trying to think where it is. >> andrea: on that note, dana perino. for you maybe. for the young people of america. coming up, 19 is a magic number for olympic swimmer michael phelps. did he break the record? he had a chance to today. we know the answer. back in a moment. ♪ ♪ ♪

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♪ ♪ >> bob: well, today, swimmer michael phelps has the chance become the most decorated olympian of all time. with 19 medals. we know the answer. should we tell you? i have been thinking about this, the producers tell me not to, which is a big mistake when they tell me not to do something. i'm not going to tell you and ruin it for you. twitter and nbc joined in sort of a co-venture here to try to get the world to hear more about the athletes going there through twitter or whatever they call it.

last olympics there were 800,000 of them. now over 400 million that have been done. a few of them caused problems. guy adams criticized nbc for delays the opening and pretending it wasn't delayed. often has happened to me, whether it did or didn't happen. but anyway, he gave the guy, the nbc president, one of the officials address, e-mail address and got knocked off twitter as a result. what do you think about that? >> eric: surprising that nbc would sanction or sensor one of the reporters. -- censure a reporter. >> dana: this is bizarre. the guy, the e-mail he gave out. if you were the president of a company and you're a big wig, have a different e-mail. have a coded e-mail.

this e-mail he could have made up and it happened to be the one. i'm very disturbed by the idea that you can arrest somebody, fire somebody, take someone off twitter because they sent a mean tweet. a bad precedent. >> andrea: doesn't it defeat the purpose of what they are trying to do? they're trying to get people involved and on twitter and exercise free speech. i think i don't want to post on twitter for fear of somebody being mad at me. >> bob: social media, we are learning more about it, the downside of it. it seems like every week something else comes up. facebook or twitter. >> dana: greg lives on the edge. >> bob: you do. what do you think? >> greg: here in my opinion this does nobody any favors. if you read it, it gets you angry. write something and it gets you in trouble. remember 1984 was coming up.

we were always worried that the government was going to know everything about what we think. but they don't need to. we tell everyone what we think. twitter and facebook has done the work for the government. they know everything. >> bob: are you making an age issue? i was not around in '84. this goes farther now. a teenager said some abusive tweets to diver tom daily whose dad died last year. he would dedicate the victory if he got it and he didn't win so this kid dumps on him about how he let his dad down and he gets arrested. >> andrea: people can be really mean. that is the downside of twitter. there is free speech and responsible speech. >> dana: it shows the decline of western civilization. journalism that you can get arrested for saying something.

>> eric: you forgot to mention this happened in the u.k. not here. >> greg: after, that i'm pretty sure, you said a horrible thing. you shouldn't be arrested. there is no law against being a jerk. i think after he started making death threats to other people. i'm not sure what happens when you make a death threat on twitter. >> bob: there is a law in england. malicious communication act of 1988. if you read the thing, the guy was clearly in violation of that. >> dana: a ridiculous law. you can get arrested for things you say in your own home, it's gone too far. >> greg: especially for you. >> andrea: we're still having the same debate. if you have a member of the media to be silenced and someone believing in free speech. then they have their account frozen. we're supposed to be better than that. >> eric: the minute you start talking about bullying, it turns, the discussion goes completely different. we have to clamp down. can't have people saying these things.

someone underage, >> eric. >> bob: there is also the swiss athlete who said racist comments about the korean and africans. they were forced to leave. but i assume it's by their own team. >> dana: it was. it crosses the line if it's like oh, you get arrested for it. but this ties to the "d" block. the kids that are 17 and 18, the athletes, they don't have inside voices. they live publicly. they say everything that comes out. something you said before, you wouldn't be called a racist and now you're sent home from the olympics. >> bob: don't you think they talk in text? my teenager does. >> dana: i don't have teenagers. >> andrea: they can do whatever they want, free speech. let them do it. don't you think if you are an olympian one thing to take a picture of yourself on opening

ceremony. but stay off twitter and focus on winning medals. you're probably not the one i should be asking. >> eric: find out if phelps broke the record? >> andrea: don't tell me. >> bob: we don't want to tell them. one more thing is up next. ♪ ♪ this is new york state.

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>> greg: time for one more thing. dana? >> dana: if you like "the five" and we thank you for watching you would love "red eye" which is greg's show at night. last night was one of the funniest i have ever seen. there was a regular that filled in for andy levy and played his scottish father. it was bizarre and fabulous. take a listen. >> how do you find that the general mentality with this is ridiculous. for example, when you are at the airport and someone is wearing p.j.s and sleeping at the terminal, reason things getting out of hand with casualty? >> dana: i thought it was hilarious. a star is born. congratulations. >> greg: i don't think anybody understood what he said. >> bob: i didn't. called dana's husband and ask for a translation.

>> dana: it was hilarious. >> andrea: most people don't understand what bill schultz is saying. >> bob: 90% bill doesn't unction what he is saying -- understand what he is saying. who's next? >> andrea: i read your copy of "short catholic monthly" and alerted to the fact that tomorrow is the h.h.s. mandate. so the rule that catholic employers must provide birth control to the employees and the sterilization and other things that go against their religion, abortion providing drugs, et cetera. they provide starting tomorrow. if they don't $1500 per day per employee. this affects disproportionat disproportionately catholic charities that could face fines. it's stamping all over the religious freedom. you didn't build it comment is the debate of the day but don't think this is not a big debate for anybody who believes in freedom of religion in this country in november. >> bob: i disagree. but i wouldn't drive tomorrow

because roads will be packed with people protesting. >> eric: quickly, i'm extremely proud beaming father of a brand new 14-year-old. eric chase bolling his birthday is today. july 31. >> bob: today? >> eric: today. there he is. playing baseball in the left, soccer in the center and sprayed down because it's his birthday. great kid. >> bob: it would be great if you an -- if eric and mckenzie got married and you'd be related. >> bob: happy birthday to my wonderful daughter mckenzie. i miss her very much. >> andrea: both of your kids have it better than you. >> bob: my one more thing is this. chinese want -- >> greg: always the chinese. >> bob: 2013 -- this is an unmanned moon landing. but i don't like the fact they

do it. they are doing everything. they spent all this dough. i'm telling you they are more dangerous than islamists. for those who question what happened to u.s. flags up there, there were six of them. we have a thing going around the moon, thing with the pictures we found out that five of them are still standing. the first one, apollo 11 fell down. we can see that, something that small so they can see greg. >> greg: all right! >> dreams of my "the five." >> greg: i don't have time for this. >> dana: i can tell you mine. >> greg: that's it. >> dana: i had one! i had a dream we all had to turn in essays to brit hume about our political analysis. >> eric: of course you did. >> dana: then he said they were terrible. >> dana: i had to do charles krauthammer's makeup and i was ruin